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SM Najmus Sakib

Journalist Dhaka
SM Najmus Sakib

SM Najmus Sakib is a journalist based in Dhaka. His work focuses on human rights, refugee rights, public health, the environment and climate change. Follow him on Twitter @ns_rafsan.

 

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Garment Industry in Bangladesh Struggles to Contain Pollution
 
 
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Rana Plaza / NGO Funds Analysis
More than a decade after one of the garment industry's worst industrial disasters, questions of accountability have shifted from factory owners and brands to the institutions that managed the humanitarian response.

Rana Plaza: The Moral Economy of Catastrophe and Who Collected Its Dividends

  • Richa Bansal

26 March 2026
Textile Recovery / Summit Report / III Feature
The materials entering textile recovery systems were designed for performance and price, not recoverability—a contradiction that sorting technology alone cannot resolve, regardless of its sophistication.

The Recycling Plant Cannot Fix What the Factory Got Wrong

  • Subir Ghosh

27 March 2026
 
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Going Circular / EOL Textiles / II Report
Policy frameworks for textile circularity are being assembled across Europe at legislative speed, but the industrial and logistical conditions they depend on are taking longer to arrive.

The Real Test of Textile Policy Is Not Ambition but What Survives Contact

  • Special Correspondent

2 April 2026
Going Circular / EOL Textiles / I Report
Collection infrastructure has grown faster than the systems needed to interpret, sort, and process what arrives—exposing a structural imbalance at the heart of textile circularity.

Circularity Has Been Mistaken for the Act of Gathering

  • Special Correspondent

1 April 2026
 
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Country Overview / Egypt Prospects Commentary
The majority of the Egyptian garment industry's 1.5 million workers, 50% of whom are female, are unbanked, and are paid in cash.

Egypt Stakes Its Claim as Global Textiles and Apparel Powerhouse

  • Subir Ghosh

14 July 2025
Return to Sender / Carbon Crisis Feature
Returned garments move through extensive transport loops that add thousands of unseen kilometres to each purchase, turning convenience into one of fashion’s largest emission sources.

Inside the Growing Carbon Crisis Behind Fashion’s Easy-Return Culture

  • Special Correspondent

23 October 2025